Localization of biologically important regions on toxic shock syndrome toxin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 371-374

  Murray, Debra L ^a   Earhart, Cathleen A ^a   Mitchell, David T ^a   Ohlendorf, Douglas H ^a   Novick, Richard P ^b   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LETHALITY; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTEROTOXINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RABBITS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0030069828     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.371-374.1996     Document Type: Article

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